Comments on: The Culture of Sharing: Why Releasing Copyright Will Be the Smartest Thing You Do

By: The Culture of Sharing « Raven’s Eye

The Culture of Sharing « Raven’s Eye — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:24:57 +0000

[...] The Culture of Sharing: Why Releasing Copyright Will Be the Smartest Thing You Do | Write to Done. People who are used to the traditional model of copyrights will be alarmed and perhaps even angered by this article. They’ve been taught that copyrights actually protect the rights of artists, and in doing so actually encourage creativity. After all, if an artist doesn’t have copyright, he can’t make a living, and what would his motivation be to create anything then? [...]

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How Releasing Your Copyright = Free Marketing | The Write Blog — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:56:12 +0000

[...] a blog post on the Write to Done site, Leo Babauta makes a very good point: by releasing copyright, you could get other people to do your [...]

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Links Tour: state of the online writing industry collection @ Diana Rajchel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:44:30 +0000

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By: Calistoy

Calistoy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:55:32 +0000

I think that a lot of the arguments here are pretty stupid. Every single one of you are doing what you want to do with your own material.

Some of you are “Uncopyrighting” it. Good for you to do what you want with your material, but you have no right to insist that others that disagree with that do that as well.

Some of you think that copyrighting it is the best way to go to protect your material. Good for you on that, but you also have no right to insist that others that disagree with that do that as well.

In conclusion, it’s alright to disagree, but not dictate what someone should or shouldn’t do with their creative works. It’s a great revolution to share ideas in new and different ways. Just don’t let either way come back to bite you for any reason. Laws are established for a reason, and until they are modified or whatever, they are going to hold up in court no matter how much you agree or disagree with them.

By: Blaise Alleyne

Blaise Alleyne — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:01:14 +0000

@Natasha:

“Sorry, but I really don’t trust other people with any material from my book. Knowing how the internet world is, most of my characters will suddenly become gay/lesbian porn stars.”

And… how would copyright law stop people from parodying your work?

By: Blaise Alleyne

Blaise Alleyne — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:21:59 +0000

@benpanced:

“Sorry, but if I’m going to go through all the trouble and work of producing a novel, I’m getting paid, dammit.”

Um… who said otherwise?

“nobody deserves to make a dime off my work except me.”

Really? What if I parody your work? How are you going to stop me with copyright?

Also, I’m making money off Lenovo’s work right now, and off the work of my teacher’s who educated me by putting that knowledge to use. Am I ripping them off?

By: Natasha

Natasha — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:17:29 +0000

Sorry, but I really don’t trust other people with any material from my book. Knowing how the internet world is, most of my characters will suddenly become gay/lesbian porn stars.

By: BenPanced

BenPanced — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:38:40 +0000

Sorry, but if I’m going to go through all the trouble and work of producing a novel, I’m getting paid, dammit. You can go on and on about “my ideas are being shared WITH THE WORLD!” and being an artist and reaching people you might not have otherwise and getting free marketing etc., etc., but nobody deserves to make a dime off my work except me.

By: M Sholehchudin

M Sholehchudin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:28:08 +0000

wrong can true because majority

By: Robert Davis

Robert Davis — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:42:17 +0000

It is painfully obvious you have no clue as to what a copyright is, how it is created or when it was adopted by the US Government. It is also obvious you have no respect for an artists right to control his or her creation. Shame on you.